Buddy Fisher, St. Luke’s member Mark 12:28-34 (NIV) 28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is [...]

Lavonne Baker, Sister in Christ Genesis 8:13-18 (NIV) “By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth.  Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.  By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.     Then God said to Noah, “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.  Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you – the birds, the animals, [...]

Robbie McDonough Ephesians 4:31-32 (NRSV) 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, 32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Reflection:  When I was a teenager, VHS tapes were hanging on for dear life as a new medium was taking over the movie rental business, the digital video disk (DVD). And while I did not work at Blockbuster, the Mecca of movie rental, I was thrilled when my grocery clerk career skyrocketed, and I was transferred to [...]

Louise McEvoy, Member of St. Luke’s since 2008 1 Samuel 24: 2-7 (CEB) 2 So Saul took three thousand men selected from all Israel and went to look for David and his soldiers near the rocks of the wild goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens beside the road where there was a cave. Saul went into the cave to use the restroom. Meanwhile, David and his soldiers were sitting in the very back of the cave. 4 David’s soldiers said to him, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he promised you, ‘I will hand [...]

Galatians 5:22-25 (NRSV) By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.   Reflection: A skill I learned at an early age was how to make a to-do list. Thanks, Mom! I make one every, single, day upon entering my office and maybe a few more throughout the day. The [...]